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Dwight Howard

I know. I know.

It is a slow summer. Give me a break. I was thinking about all the possible moves that we have available to us with our cap space. Here is something I wonder if the Magic would consider around next year's trade deadline.

We take the risk of losing Howard obviously, but we would offer him a full extension once he got here. Gilbert would be owed roughly $50M still, but that I am sure would be the cost to any team trying to trade for Howard. I would prefer to take on Turkoglu, but the Magic would make Arenas the condition.

They get a youth infusion by replacing Howard with Hibbert. Paul George is a clear cut starter on that team. Then our 2012 first in a strong draft class. Add in another pick in 2014 when they will be having a lot of their contracts falling off the books as well. This deal would get them a solid young foundation moving forward with Bass, Anderson, and Orton also young players in their front court. They have Nelson at PG and the rest of the guys I really only consider contracts.

I doubt a move like this would happen. I don't think Bird would consider bringing in Arenas. Ever. Dwight could opt out shortly after he got here and Arenas would still be on our books for another $42 over two years. The only way we would even come close to considering this is if Howard would sign an extension for us before the trade. I would send them Collison or Rush as well if necessary. I think they might be interested in Rush as a SG option for a couple of months.

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If Dwight agreed to an extension than yes you do it. A dominate big is almost impossible to find. If you had to give that package for Melo I would probably decline but Dwight is a different beast you take Dwight and run.

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guess you like being stuck in average land. Dwight would be worth every bit of what we give up and more. The guy would sell tickets something we haven't had in awhile

Well, we are on that track to selling more tickets again. Getting Dwight and selling out every game instantly would be great.

Guess we're all stuck in "average" land. There's only a few teams in this league who dominate. We had our time. We're trying to get back there and we're no doubt only going to improve.

A trade like this is possible if Orlando wants what we have to give, but that's unlikely. With the new CBA being put in place, Dwight won't be able to go to his big market as swiftly as he would like. He'd have to do a S&T if he wants to join a group with a bunch of stars. Orlando would probably benefit a lot. If Dwight wants to go to NY, Orlando can wind up with Amare just so the Knicks manage their cap.

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guess you like being stuck in average land. Dwight would be worth every bit of what we give up and more. The guy would sell tickets something we haven't had in awhile

Ok so let's say we get Dwight Howard and lose all of our young talent. You can't say we'd be better than Orlando now (with Howard). So we sacrifice young talent to have a ceiling of 3rd place in the Eastern Conference. I'd rather keep our young talent, see how it pans out, and go from their. Because I believe Roy + PG + Collison + our draft picks give us a higher ceiling than Howard and none of that.

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We're just mentioning how it would be nice to see K-Love in a Pacer uni. No one is guaranteeing it will happen like you're guaranteeing he won't be a Pacer.

We have a nice shot to get him though if Minnesota can't match our offer. Having 20M+ in cap and they have just over 5M.

But being restricted they can match anything. And they will. Unless Kahn lets him go. I would try to trade for him. Come to terms on an extension for Love before agreeing to the deal. I would trade Granger and Hansborough for Love.

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we can't do Areanas anyway you go. Best case I see to get Howard is giving up Granger,Hibbert,Posey and at least one first while also getting Turk. Let Orlando use the Amnesty clause to buy out Arenas and let them build a solid team. Nelson, Reddick, Granger, Bass, Hibbert not a bad start. Collison, Geroge, Turk, Hansboorugh, Howard could be Nasty. I'd really like to see Howard and Hansborough together I think they'be an intensity nitmare for teams. The Bench needs some Front court depth but it's out there.